We took
1 duffle bag
2 suitcases
2 car seats
3 backpacks
and 2 children to Upstate New York.
We could barely fit everything on a rental cart let alone carry it all!
Once we we got everything checked we made our way to our gate only to find out that our flight was delayed. Patrick was ok with that though since he had more time to look at the "a-planes"
Patrick was excited until we started onto the plane, all of a sudden he took off running back screaming "all done!" Poor kid was terrified. We finally got him on and settled down only to have the flight delayed again due to the weather. They kept promising we would take off for almost 2.5 hours. 2.5 hours on a plane with 2 children. yikes. Thank goodness I packed some new toys for Patrick to play with. Once we finally took off it was almost 11pm and Patrick was wiped out.
He fell asleep shortly after take off. We got to our hotel in Buffalo at about 2:30am.
The next day we woke up later, had some breakfast and headed towards Kueka Lake to meet up with the rest of the family for the reunion. The kids really did travel great and I got to enjoy the coutry side where I spent my summers as a kid.
We all gathered at Esperanza Mansion and Hope Manor for 3 days of food, fun and great conversation. Patrick enjoyed his second cousins as well.
Annika did a lot of sleeping
The next day we spent at the park with family. We wouldn't let anyone eat until we had our group photo.
And photos of some other groups. Second Cousins:
and First Cousins (minus one who hurt his back, but we got the crew together the next day)
And of course the old folks!
and the full set of cousins:
more to come on the rest of the trip...
